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Am I correct UTG cold-called both your flop bet and Button's raise to make three of you to the turn? I think you absolutely must reraise this flop when you are not closing the action with bottom two pair against multiple opponents. I push the flop because any raise commits either Villain, but perhaps I am a bit reckless. I pay off a set or better two pair on this flop every time.I bet the turn as played and expect to get it all in, but I vomit and mumble 'I have thirteen outs' if (either?) Villain turns over KQ. However, I think you need to either take this hand down on the flop or at worst ge

I doubt the size of the bet matters much. I bet $55, but I imagine a $40-$45 bet would work just the same. This player has shown no ability to pick off bluffs, even if he suspects one.

I am certain Villain is not betting or calling the river unless he improves. I am calling the turn to bluff the river unless an A K or Q hits. The only reason I do not raise the turn is because I want the other $70 he has behind and the only way I am getting it is a 3 hitting.I wondered why no one worried about the cutoff. He was a pretty good player, quite loose preflop but solid post-flop. He raises a middle pair preflop, and he would bet this flop if he hit it or had an overpair. I imagine he had a couple of middle cards. He and I were somewhat avoiding each other, so I assumed he would fol

Why no reraise preflop instead of putting in a quarter of your stack out of position? By reraise, I mean push.

Tremomey's thinking on this hand is pretty much in line with my thinking. Villain has either AQ or AK, and he is not calling any raise. The only difference in my thinking with Tremomey's is I believe this Villain folds all non-paired hands not only on the turn but also the river. The river cards of which I am afraid are an A, K, Q. J-7 and 5 are good cards for me as Villain will not call any bet, a 6 gives me the best hand, a 3 gives me the best hand and will win me at least a bet on the river, and I am not sure this Villain calls with an ace on a double paired board. I think raising the turn

Villain actually makes the raise to $15 preflop from the small blind. He certainly has a strong hand preflop.

Live 1/2 10 HandedPrinciple StacksHero: $325Villain: $115Villain is straightforward and obvious. Table is extremely loose, but Villain is not playing many hands. He is not particularly familiar or comfortable with live play.Hero is UTG+1 with A 6 . Villain is SB.Hero limps. Four other limps. SB raises to $15. BB folds. Hero calls. CO calls.Flop ($53)5 4 2 :club:Villain ChecksHero ChecksCO ChecksTurn ($53)5 Villain bets $25Hero?

Is Ballys' pokerroom still horrendous?

Well played.

What hands could hero have against which TAG is a favorite? With what does hero cold call twice on the flop and check raise the turn? Aside from an exceptionally tricky player executing an exceptionally elaborate semi-bluff or an idiot with an overpair, at best TAG is against a ridiculously played naked case 5. A 5 is the minimum with which I can see someone using this line, and TAG is drawing to 11 outs at best with a slim chance of getting paid off if either the A or 6 hit, and the possibility of not getting paid off if any A or 6 hit. The fold is not difficult if TAG realizes this scenar

A solid TAG does not chase an open-ended straight draw on a paired board that shows a flush draw. I have no idea why checking in the dark would mean you are on a draw. It seems it just as likely means 'I have the current third nuts and hope you can call my raise'. This kid seems like a decent player and saw through your ploy.I am not sure you are getting much more out of this hand any other way. You called a bet on the flop, then called a reraise out of position. Your hand screams monster, not flush draw. Re-reraising the flop seems even more obvious. I may just push this flop if my image is o

The same way I decide what percentage of the pot for any of my raises. I do not have a set guideline. I consider my image, what the person will think my bet means, how many others are currently in the hand, what I want them to do in the hand, if I am a better postflop player than my oppoents, etc. Sometimes I overbet every raise, other times I consistently make small raises, but most often I alter my raises throughout the course of a session depending on what I think the others think my raises mean.

Yeah, I am not saying one necessarily should play this hand for set value. I just think it is a possibility.

Why not call for set value? I doubt players at this level often dump overpairs, especially KK or AA to a 10XX board. Hero owes $2.75 to a pot of $11.50 preflop, laying hero slightly better than 4-1 immediate odds to hit his set. If we assume hero gets paid off a vast percentage of the time hero sets on the flop, which I do not think is illicit at these levels, hero has more than enough implied odds to make this call for set value preflop with $14.95 behind. Assuming one call when hero sets, hero is calling $2.75 to win 26.45, which is better than 9.5-1.Of course, this line assume one of these

My general plan of action is to announce my intention to raise and put in whatever I owe to the pot, then add up the pot and bet a specific percentage of the pot. It is the same decision procedure as making any other bet once you put in what you owe to the pot. I generally play live, but this strategy is adaptable to online play.